PRO-LIFE WIN: Florida Abortion Amendment Fails, Keeping 6-Week Ban In Place!

Whatever happens tonight, there was a huge win for protecting the innocent lives of unborn babies today in Florida.

The state’s Amendment 4, which would have expanded the right to have an abortion to 24 weeks, has FAILED.

It needed 60% of the vote to pass, but only got 58.4%

President Trump had previously said he would be voting NO on the amendment.

Florida’s current abortion law, which prevents abortion after a heartbeat can be detected at 6 weeks, will remain in place and unchanged.

Check out this big win for pro-life:

BREAKING: Florida voters REJECT Amendment 4, which would have legalized abortions up to birth. Huge pro-life VICTORY! pic.twitter.com/d9ut6IZfvc

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) November 6, 2024

AMENDMENT 4 WILL FAIL IN FLORIDA!

YES: 57.5%
NO: 42.5%

(60% needed to pass)
(83% of votes counted)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Abortion must be abolished in Florida. pic.twitter.com/ClnmNCQHhk

— Ben Zeisloft (@BenZeisloft) November 6, 2024

The Hill reported:

Florida’s abortion-rights ballot initiative fell short of passing on Tuesday, leaving in place a six-week abortion ban that has helped restrict access across almost all of the Southern U.S.

The measure’s defeat is a significant victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who engaged multiple levers of state-sponsored power to oppose it.

The measure needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass, the highest threshold in the country.

Florida was one of 10 states voting on abortion-related ballot measures Tuesday. All the others needed a simple majority to pass.

The state previously had a 15-week ban, but the six-week ban took effect in May. Florida’s ban has effectively shut off abortion access in the South, where neighboring states already enforce near-total abortion bans or severe restrictions.

Abortion-rights advocates were hoping to change that and spent nearly $100 million on the effort.

The amendment would have enshrined protections for abortion up to the point of fetal viability (about 24 weeks) into the state constitution, preventing the state from passing laws to “prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion” until that point.